Nehemia 1:3

1:3 They said to me, “The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable ¹  adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!” ² 

Nehemia 2:18

2:18 Then I related to them how the good hand of my God was on me and what ³  the king had said to me. Then they replied, “Let’s begin rebuilding right away!” ⁴  So they readied themselves ⁵  for this good project.

Nehemia 3:15

3:15 Shallun son of Col-Hozeh, head of the district of Mizpah, worked on the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, put on its roof, and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars. In addition, he rebuilt the wall of the Pool of Siloam, ⁶  by the royal garden, as far as the steps that go down from the City of David.

Nehemia 8:18

8:18 Ezra ⁷  read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day to the last. ⁸  They observed the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly ⁹  as was required. ¹⁰ 

Nehemia 9:17

9:17 They refused to obey and did not recall your miracles that you had performed among them. Instead, they rebelled and appointed a leader to return to their bondage in Egypt. ¹¹  But you are a God of forgiveness, merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and unfailing in your loyal love. ¹²  You did not abandon them,

Nehemia 13:22

13:22 Then I directed the Levites to purify themselves and come and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy.

For this please remember me, O my God, and have pity on me in keeping with your great love.

Nehemia 13:25

13:25 So I entered a complaint with them. I called down a curse on them, and I struck some of the men and pulled out their hair. I had them swear by God saying, “You will not marry off ¹³  your daughters to their sons, and you will not take any of their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!

[1:3]  ¹ tn Heb “great.”

[1:3]  ² tn Heb “have been burned with fire” (so also in Neh 2:17). The expression “burned with fire” is redundant in contemporary English; the translation uses “burned down” for stylistic reasons.

[2:18]  ³ tn Heb “the words of the king which he had spoken to me.”

[2:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “Arise! Let us rebuild!”

[2:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “strengthened their hands.”

[3:15]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew word translated “Siloam” is הַשֶּׁלַח (hashelakh, “water-channel”; cf. ASV, NASB, NRSV, TEV, CEV “Shelah”). It apparently refers to the Pool of Siloam whose water supply came from the Gihon Spring via Hezekiah’s Tunnel built in 701 B.C. (cf. Isa 8:6). See BDB 1019 s.v. שִׁלֹחַ; W. L. Holladay, Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon, 372. On the etymology of the word, which is a disputed matter, see HALOT 1517 s.v. III שֶׁלַח.

[8:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “He”; the referent (Ezra) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “the last day.”

[8:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “on the eighth day an assembly.” The words “they held” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[8:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “according to the judgment.”

[9:17]  ¹¹ tc The present translation follows a few medieval Hebrew MSS and the LXX in reading בְּמִצְרָיִם (bÿmitsrayim, “in Egypt”; so also NAB, NASB, NRSV, TEV, NLT) rather than the MT reading בְּמִרְיָם (bÿmiryam, “in their rebellion”).

[9:17]  ¹² tc The translation follows the Qere reading חֶסֶד (khesed, “loyal love”) rather than the Kethib reading וְחֶסֶד (vÿkhesed, “and loyal love”) of the MT.

[13:25]  ¹³ tn Heb “give.”